Building your own Chartplotter with a Raspberry Pi and OpenCPN

Provides an overview of the hardware and software needed to put together a home-made Chartplotter with its own GPS and AIS receiver. You may also be interested in this video: How Sails Really Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtjqX7xoB1Q Parts mentioned: Raspberry Pi 3: https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-MS-004-00000024-Model-Board/dp/B01LPLPBS8/ref=sr_1_3?crid=16PA0DHMOMMXB&keywords=raspberry+pi+3&qid=1572390561&sprefix=rasp%2Caps%2C230&sr=8-3 dAISy HAT: https://www.tindie.com/products/astuder/daisy-hat-ais-receiver-for-raspberry-pi/ Monitor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MV6X7ML/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07MV6X7ML&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFDOUJQWEFKU1cxMlMmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA2MzE2MjMyR0RaNVVEMjVJS0M3JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2MDE1ODgxUEYxMDhORzNVM1pYJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== (Note that resolution is 1600x1200, not 1920x1080) 12V/5V power converter: https://www.amazon.com/HOMREE-Converter-Module-Output-Adapter/dp/B01MEESLZ6/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=raspberry+pi+5V+power+converter&qid=1572391149&s=electronics&sr=1-6 USB GPS: https://www.amazon.com/Navigation-External-Receiver-Raspberry-Geekstory/dp/B078Y52FGQ/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2A8TNENSR1TAN&keywords=usb+gps+dongle&qid=1572391231&s=electronics&sprefix=USB+gps%2Celectronics%2C240&sr=1-4 Coax splitter: https://www.go2marine.com/Glomex-Signal-Splitter-VHF-AM-FM-AIS-RA201 O/S: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ OpenCPN: https://opencpn.org/ Cost for this project was about $350 US in 2019.